3rd wheel ends up half wheeling due to no brakes and the speed advantage of aero bars. He wakes up to it too late and when he moves his right hand to the drops, he veers right. At the same time, 2nd wheel veers left to overtake 1st; which seemed impulsive. 2nd could have overtaken 1st by not following him to the right.

All in all, a good demonstration of why not to do aero bars when drafting guys who aren't, and avoid half wheeling.

uncle arthur wrote:I can only think that 8 spokes wasn't as much of a price he should have paid as his nose smooshed in the gravel.

Yes. However it was the missing spokes that caused the dump. He should have been able to recover from the wheel clp - it didn't throw him down straight off - but he rode on, with his buckled wheel wobbling all over the place. 25% of your spokes missing is a bit of a killer for steering stability

Wayfarer wrote:what a nooblet. This is probably why some road cyclists seem to sweat more when i start drafting then on my tri bike! Using the aero extensions while drafting gives no advantage, and is stupid

Actually there is still an advantage while drafting with TT bars.The greatest advantage from drafting comes from the reduction of wind related friction. If the following rider is not in the drops then they are in the wind and therefore not getting all the benefit.

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